Little Sure Shot: The Incredible Life of Annie Oakley

Queen Victoria enjoyed the show so much that she playfully told Annie, “You are a very clever little girl.” With that, the Wild West troupe continued their European tour, dazzling audiences from England to the Paris Exposition and then to Italy and Spain.

Annie was a sensation—the press couldn’t get enough of her, and crowds of adoring fans welcomed her at every stop. Her fame reached unexpected places; impressed by her marksmanship, the King of Senegal requested her help controlling his country’s tiger population.